March

March 1: SS City of Glasgow leaves Liverpool harbor and is never seen againMarch 7: Charles Miller patents 1st U.S. sewing machine to stitch buttonholesMarch 8: U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry's 2nd trip to JapanMarch 17: 1st park land purchased by a U.S. city, Worcester, MassachusettsMarch 28: During the Crimean War, Britain and France declare war on RussiaMarch 31: Treaty of Kanagawa: Commodore Perry forces Japan to opens ports to U.S.

May

May 1: Amsterdam begins transferring drinking water out of the dunesMay 5: English pirate Plumridge robs along pro-English Finnish coastMay 24: Anthony Burns, slave, arrested by U.S. Deputy marshals in BostonMay 24: Lincoln University, Penn, 1st Black college in U.S. forms by PrebytsMay 27: Marine Telegraph from Ft. Point to San Francisco completedMay 30: Territories of Kansas and Nebraska created

September

September 4: English/French assault on Petropavlovsk KamchatkaSeptember 8: With a 3-2 count, Phillies Richie Ashburn fouls next 14, then walksSeptember 14: Allied armies, including those of Britain and France, land in CrimeaSeptember 19: Henry Meyer patents sleeping rail carSeptember 20: Battle at Alma Krim: 1,000 British soldiers diedSeptember 20: British and French defeat Russians at Alma, in CrimeaSeptember 27: Steamship "Arctic" sinks with 300 people on board

October

October 4: Abraham Lincoln made his 1st political speech at Illinois State FairOctober 10: U.S. Assay Office in New York City, New York opensOctober 12: Lincoln University founded as Ashmun InstituteOctober 23: The Times give precise British positions in KrimOctober 25: Charge of Light Brigade (Battle of Balaklava, Crimean War), 409 dieOctober 25: Prince Menshikov of Krim occupies British base at Balaclava